Numeric Errors Affecting glibc package, versions <2.13-35
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-GLIBC-522405
- published 10 Feb 2014
- disclosed 10 Feb 2014
Introduced: 10 Feb 2014
CVE-2012-3405 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 glibc to version 2.13-35 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.
The vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in libc in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.14 and other versions does not properly calculate a buffer length, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFY_SOURCE format-string protection mechanism and cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a format string with a large number of format specifiers that triggers "desynchronization within the buffer size handling," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3404.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3405
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13446
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/11/17
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=833704
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1098.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1200.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1589-1